Louisville Metro Police are investigating the city's latest homicide, which happened Saturday night in an apartment on Norene Lane.

Investigators said a black man in his 30s was shot in his apartment in the 4400 block of Norene Lane just after 8 p.m. Saturday. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, but police have not released how many times or where the man was shot.

Advertisement

Related Content

People at the scene told WLKY the victim had two children in the apartment at the time of the shooting. Police spokesman Dwight Mitchell would not confirm that there were children in the apartment, saying that only one person was hurt.

"I heard there was a lot of commotion going on; came home and walked into a bunch of yellow tape," said Takwon Britt, who rushed home to his Norene Lane apartment after receiving a phone call from concerned family members.

Britt said the police lights and crime scene tape are a familiar scene, but seeing which apartment officers were investigating came as a shock.

"There's a lot of ignorance and violence and fighting that goes on around here a lot of the time, and that man had nothing to do with one of it," he said.

Other neighbors described the victim as a good father, saying they frequently saw him with his two children, who are under 5 years old.

A neighbor, who asked not to be identified, told WLKY that the children were in the apartment during the shooting and their screams caused her to come outside.

"I was heartbroken because, you know, it was in front of his kids," the neighbor said. "They are going to have nightmare about it. They're going to miss their daddy."

Neighbors said there were plenty of people in the area Saturday night, and they hope a new day will bring additional information to police and justice for the victim and his family.

"These children just watched their father get murdered right in front of them in cold blood," Britt said. "If you have no compassion in your heart, have some compassion for these two kids. That's as low as it gets."